"Why Ancient Rome Staged Epic, Violent Sea Battles" Topic
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Tango01 | 07 Feb 2019 9:29 p.m. PST |
"THE PEOPLE OF Rome threw a party in 46 B.C. that would be remembered for many years to come. Julius Caesar had just returned, having crushed the followers of his great rival, Pompey the Great. Writing nearly two centuries later, the Roman historian Dio Cassius describes how in the first few days of his triumph the recently proclaimed dictator "proceeded homeward with practically the entire populace escorting him, while many elephants carried torches." In addition to the excitement caused by the exhibition of a giraffe—dubbed a "camleopard" because it resembled a cross between a camel and leopard—Romans witnessed the preparations for another astonishing spectacle that would be the culmination of the festivities: a naval battle on a man-made lake built in the Campus Martius filled with water from the nearby Tiber River…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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The Virtual Armchair General | 08 Feb 2019 1:29 p.m. PST |
Beats the SuperBowl any time…. TVAG |
mghFond | 08 Feb 2019 3:11 p.m. PST |
And if the halftime show sucked, you could drown it! |
Tango01 | 09 Feb 2019 11:37 a.m. PST |
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